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Environmental science teacher gives students
the facts. He works to educate children and the public about the
environment and how to save what's left.
by Wendy Martin
John Borowski and his daughter, Jenna, at Opal
Creek in Oregon.
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John Borowski circles a two-inch space on the blank chalkboard at North
Salem High School in Salem, Oregon. "This whole chalkboard represents
the native forest that we had when Christopher Columbus came to a new
world." He points at the circle. "This is what we have left. Now you mean
to tell me that those who destroyed these lands are responsible to say
that we should negotiate this last little sliver?" The students look at
him. They start to ask questions.
For the last 23 years, John Borowski has been teaching environmental
science. He is also the environmental education coordinator for the Native
Forest Council. "I fell in love with teaching," he says. "I realized that
education's the ticket. It sounds so easy…. But talk to everyday people,
and you'll find that we are woefully ignorant."
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